Overview
- Justice Amrita Sinha directed the commission to reissue the ‘tainted’ list with full identifiers, including father’s name and subject, and to ensure no disqualified candidate participates.
- Petitioners alleged that names flagged as tainted appeared in the fresh interview shortlist, including persons with disabilities, and the court clarified disability status does not override disqualification.
- WBSSC said document verification for Classes XI–XII began on November 18 and will run through December 4 for about 20,500 candidates on the preliminary list.
- The commission indicated interviews and lecture demonstrations are likely to begin on November 26, initially for Bengali and English, with only candidates cleared in scrutiny to be called.
- Protests continued in Salt Lake as fresh candidates and ‘untainted’ 2016 teachers questioned exclusions and the 10-mark teaching-experience weightage, with police dispersing gatherings near Bikash Bhavan; the next HC hearing is on December 3 under a December 31 completion deadline set by the Supreme Court.